There certainly weren't any big performances in Round Rock last night. Was anybody else at the game? What a mess. Abercrombie and Towles, in particular, seemed like they wanted to be somewhere else. A pitch in the dirt bounced off of Towles' shin-guard, and he leisurely strolled over to it while a runner moved from 2nd to 3rd. Abercrombie unlaunched a horrible throw to the (general area of the) plate, which Saccomano couldn't cut, Towles missed it, Johnson (Jeremy, the pitcher backing up) missed it, and then both Towles and Johnson both ran after it and Saccomano didn't cover the plate, so the runner from 3rd jogged home to an uncovered plate. Johnson (Chris, the 3b) missed a hard-hit ground ball hit right at him; he pretty much ole'd it and somehow didn't get an error. Abercrombie took a horrible route to a ball in right center and wound up watching it over his head. Bogusevic took a step in on another liner in left and then had his "oh shit!" moment and went running after it as it went over his head. Johnson (the pitcher) got knocked around badly. And the game took forever.
The only good things I remember: in the 1st inning, Bogusevic (facing a lefty) stayed inside on a fastball and hit a sharp ground-ball single between short and 3rd. And Chris Johnson hit a homer. Ramirez made a really nice effort on a long drive to left center and wound up crashing into the wall Andruw Jones-style. Unfortunately, he didn't make the catch, but he didn't appear to be hurt.
It doesn't look to me like there's anybody in Round Rock who will impede the progress of fast risers in the lower levels, at least among position players.
